Truck Driver

Truck Driver I

We are seeking 4 Truck Driver I professionals to join transportation operations in Pageland, South Carolina. This is a direct-hire, full-time opportunity responsible for safely operating commercial tractor-trailers to transport live poultry between the Pageland hatchery, farms, and other locations. The role involves team driving, extended trips, early mornings, nights, weekends, holidays, and physically demanding outdoor work. The ideal candidate will have a valid Class A CDL, a strong commercial driving record, and the ability to safely handle live poultry while following all DOT, state, federal, and company requirements.

Key responsibilities include safely operating a commercial tractor-trailer transporting live poultry, working as part of a team-driving operation and riding with another driver when required, loading, unloading, and physically handling live birds throughout the transportation process, monitoring and properly caring for live poultry while transporting them, traveling from the Pageland hatchery to farms and other locations, including longer-distance trips when needed, navigating rural roads and remote farm locations, interacting professionally with customers, farm personnel, and the hatchery team, completing required pre-trip inspections and ensuring the vehicle is safe for operation, properly securing loads and following all transportation procedures, maintaining accurate trip, time, weight, equipment, and other required documentation, following DOT, company, state, and federal safety requirements, maintaining and correctly using electronic driver logs, keeping trucks and equipment clean and reporting maintenance issues, working early mornings, nights, weekends, holidays, and extended shifts based on business needs, and performing other duties as assigned.

Required qualifications/must-haves include a valid Class A CDL, minimum 21 years of age, at least 1 year of satisfactory, verifiable commercial driving history, a strong commercial driving record with the ability to meet DOT safety requirements, ability to comply with DOT, state, and federal regulations, including e-log requirements, comfortable with team driving and riding with another driver, comfortable working extended trips and long hours, willing and physically able to handle live poultry, ability to load and unload birds and perform physically demanding work, and comfortable working outdoors and in rural/farm environments.

Preferred qualifications/pluses include previous live poultry, livestock, agricultural, farming, hatchery, or animal-handling experience, previous live-haul or commercial tractor-trailer driving experience, strong customer-facing delivery or driving experience, familiarity with rural roads and farm routes, and experience working with electronic driver logs and transportation documentation.

Direct hire benefits include all compensation and benefits, including but not limited to medical insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and other perks, provided by the client in accordance with their internal policies and subject to applicable laws and eligibility requirements.